Top Quotes & Sayings by Lucian Leape

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a physician Lucian Leape.
Last updated on April 15, 2025.
Lucian Leape

Lucian Leape is a physician and professor at Harvard School of Public Health, who has been active in trying to improve the medical system to reduce medical error. In 1994 he had an article, "Error in Medicine," published in JAMA, which called for the application of systems theory to prevent medical errors. In 1997, he testified before a subcommittee of the US Senate with his recommendations for improving medical safety.

The single greatest impediment to error prevention in the medical industry is that we punish people for making mistakes. — © Lucian Leape
The single greatest impediment to error prevention in the medical industry is that we punish people for making mistakes.
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